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shu surpass that 105-number. tracking storms f thursday and friday. friday is really more of a shower event than any kind of storms and then watching your d labo weekend. got plans labor day weekend? that forecast is coming up for you in a little bit. da thank you, doug. >> an now to a breaking news story. a fairfax county police officer has been charged tonight in connection with the death of his baby girl? 38-year-old jason colley of monrovia, maryland said hern himself. police say he injured his l daughtert year. the child died a month later after an investigation that lasted more han a year. a maryland jud signed -- we'll have more updates as we g them. a serious threat near a crossing guard near an
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elementary school in northwest washington. police are calling it a possible hate crime and tonight we're hearing from a witness who saw it go down. >> that incident just outside lafayette elementary school in the chevy chase neighborhood here in d.c. let's gs to n 4's pat collins live. >> i just spoke to of that suspected hate crime outside of lafayette. she says the driver of that blue nissan not only threatened to run over a crossing guard here, she says he aneo threa to shoot people outside of the broad branch market. >> so what do you make of what happened here? >> it's scary. it's right outside an elementary school. just all kids and family and anything could have happened. >> that's lil berkeley.
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ise was here when a man in a blewn car threatened to run over a crossing g hrd. rd a lot of yelling and realized that a man in a blue suv was yelling really at the crossing guard and then r him turn around and threatened to shoot people in front of market. >> he threatened people passing through the intersection and yelling at all of the kids, nannies, caretakers on the lawn of broad branch market, and -- and i heard him say i should shoot you up. >> reporter: police all around lafayette elementary school today just in se, just in case
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that guy -- as -- a driver in a blue nsan car shouted out anti-hispanic words and making threats and police are investigating it as a suspected hate crime. the man in the car said wordscae t repeat on television and threatened to run thein cro guard over. he told that crossing guard that he didn't belo in this area around white kids. now the crossing guard targeted yesterday temporarily transferred todayo another school for his ownn. protect now i'm told police now have a picturt of t blue nissan vehicle. that could be veryelpful in it track down the suspect. doreen, back to you. >> let's hope they find him. thank you. pat colrens porting. going the wrong way. w it'st riders on the blue
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line train quickly realizes during this morning's and news 4's adam tuss joins with us more. >> reporter: that train this morning was supposed to continue on the blue line and instead it wentthe orange line and passengers had to get off at courthouse. they are a okay, but just yesterday a similar issue silver line the where a silver line train was actually routed to the blue line and went towards franconia springfield. both of these issues, met tell us, stem from a signal problem at the rosalind administration and they don't know the cause of the problem. it happened yesterday and it's
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happening again. talk about the issueedhat happ here at the mcare clean station where therain literally separated and came apart, the fifth and sixth rail cars. metro said it had to take 36 rail cars out of servicebeoday use it wanted to do. it's been a troubling of daysd they do say. it wouldn't be a head on top of thinking? you have to going the right way when you get on a train. >> adam, help u
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>> trains. >> the driver, doreen, is actually supposedot toe the transit control center. the rail operation control center as it's called. kind of like the air traffic r control cen for metro. they have the ultimate responsibility for where thees switre set and the trains actually go, so it's their responsibility i that facilit out in land yore, and we have documented numerous issues with them over the years so they have to figure out what's going on in ross land and what's happening in will beed reobjtion. >> senator lindsey graham told reporters today it's been diffict to be caught between the president and late senator john mccain. he called the operation operation raff ick and- google
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and other companies are now being accused of bias without any evidence. blayne alexander has the details on that story. >> reporter: google says today that their search results are not politically biased, but the president is the calng this a serious situation and pthmised it will be address. president trump. today he's attacking the giant head-on. the issue is when you -- no -- they have it rigged so almost all stories and new are bad accusing google of suppressing conservativevoices. >> google and twitter and facebook, they are really treading on very, very troubled territory ando have careful. >> reporter: google responded saying we never rank search
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results to motivate politicalnt ents. now, democrats are pumping the brakes. >> i don't think we should be racing. he focusing today on and it w includds from one of his closest friends, lindsey graham. >> i d not cry for a perfect man. i cry for a man who had honor and waslways willing to admit to his imperfections. >> reporter: earlier today on the "today" show graham raising more questions aut the fate of another former senate colleae, attorney general jeff sessions, doubling down on his predictiont that presidemp is ready to let him go. >> this is a dysfunctional relationship. we need a better reason. ing.
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senator mccain's senate desk is still draped in black budget, but as his colleagues pay tribute the majority leader is taing brakesn the proposal to rename the rsell office building in honor of mccain. instead, a bipartisan committee will be perm formednd one is suggesting that they -- mccain's former friend and senate colleague joe biden will speak mccain will lie in state at the rotunda other in washington and saturday at the national call ay. on sunday he'll be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. he'll ov the river next to his naval ac --
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>> a shooting rampaged. an event tonight won't beha ening. ea sports has cancelled its madden event at the expo center this weekend. organize remembers reviewing safety protoco before they reschedule. this was part of a larger gaming convention. the rest of the convention will go on at planned this weekendl organizers ts that they are doing everything that they can to make sure that people are safe. meanwhile, troubling new a madden tournament in virginia. state and fed laws ban gun purchases under certain t conditiot involve mental
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illness and it's not clear if for the hospitalizations reached the legal threshold to prevent him from buying a gun. >> we've yet had a concrete motive. >> reporter: accding to o player katz lost a game at the tournament on sunday. one of the gamers who was killed won the madden 2017 classic.e all of excitement that usually goes into the beginning of college football seaso tempered this season for the maryland terrapins. an nvestigation into the program continues after the death of player jordan mcnair earlier this year. the memories of mcnair will bey clearl visible at fedex field during the teen's opener against kxas this weekend. the interim head coach has players lean on each other when times get toug >> we deal with grief differently. every player and person does and every famil does so we're never going to be done with that. it's not that we're asking for
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it to go away. >> mcnair died of a heat stroke after collapsing at football practice. maryland and texas kick off at noon saturday at ac. >> when we come right back on news 4, insults or an inadvertent mistake and w it has this man doing a reality. >> break from tradition. how how welcome guys!
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well, hazy, hot and humid as look outside. temperatures feel like they are in the triple digits today, and that's why we're inth w alert mode. doug is working on the forecast. he'll be back in a few minutes toell usow long this lasts and what to expect for these big labor day weekend coming up. a prince george's county police officer is in thedl m of a viral social media controversy. he was caught on camera during a police dogti demonstra saying something the police chief is now apologizing for. bureau chief tracee wilkins has the story you'll see only on news 4. >> you guys have question.
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>> the proubince george's count police demonstration where a canine handler said something sparking controversy. for instance, if a black guy is running and drops a cell phone. >> this portion of the develop phone has pred skrid and one -- during that presentation one of our handlers made anat unfort remark. the reaction is. if that officer misspoke. >> reporter: responses on facebook on the officer's words and the chief'sgy apo were critical saying apologies not accepted. that was no unfortunate remark and unacceptable in 2018. another said if you say racist things that makes you a racist. >> i have talked to the officer, be a he's very troubled by the response that this is illiciting
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in comparison to his service of the community. >> why can didn't you say it just to us? a. >> a oh -- and.w he had k intention of saying that and tried to correct it. >> this happened outside the this community center. just as the justice department is investigating after several over have launched compints.av theybeen undergoing diversity training. >> paulma fort's second criminal will din ler -- have agreed to delay the selection
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for about a week.in op statements won't begin until december 24th arguing they needed more time to sort through more than 1,000 pieces of evidence. >> nearly a year after hricane maria devastated the island of puerto rico the government there admits nearly 3,000 people died because of the srm. a team from george washington university researched and calculated the number for the puerto rican government. it includes people killed directly by the storm's floding high winds and also those who died in the six months that followed when most people didn't ve power on the island. the new death tolls is -- the island so 22% increase. >> it's as tradition for
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teachers in the area. this year cardinal wuerl didn't attend. his absence comes amid allegations that he covered up sexual abuse cases, claims that cardinal wuerl vehemently denies. ♪ >> reporter: in past years this mass blessing preparing for the school year was led by cardinal donald wooufrmt the archbishopg wash. today he was absent. some members of the local c catholmunity are struggling with recent allegations against wroourl that say he covered up child abuse complaints here in washington and while he servedn pittsburgh. this -- we're hear to the -- to make sure that the vatican participates and.
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archbishop called for the resignation ofan pope s accusing cardinal wuerl and pope benedict and francis of being aware of allegations again his predecessor, cling him a seer yawl predator. the archbishop has offered no proof histi alles. at this point the claims have not been verified. cardinal wuerl denies any knowledge of mccarrick's alleged wronhdoing. the acese releasing a statement saying that during his entire tenure as ahbishop of washington no one has come forward to say to the statement hays that he was removed from the, that he was a leader in child protection and took.
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>> yesterday'y attorneral said more possible. they will try to prosecute the new cases if they are proven, but they could run into the provin statute of limitations. >> a local high school changes its name and cuts ties with the confederate past, but tonight mixedreaction from students on this first day of school. >> and get ready for more heat and humidity, folks. doug's back to tell us just how high the temperatures wil
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doug, it seems like the last few days of august will be pretty fierce. >> trying to remember ones u'll remember. that's what august is going out like and maybe september is coming in a little rainy as we head towards labor day weekend. >> that's something to watch out for. if you have labor day plans i've got the weekend forecast. as of right now, no real problems other than the fact that we're sitting in the 90s. saw a high temperature of 94 degrees and 9 is winds out of the south at 9 miles per hour. the current temperatures still 90s all the way around the region.
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91 baltimore, annapolis, easton and 2 degrees and up toward frederick 93 and hagerstown is the hot spot at 94 degrees. still over 100 degrees at 6:00 toght. 109 quantico and so 5 fredericksburg and 103 annapolis and tonight at 11:00 i expect the heat index to be close to 100 inside the city. the heat advisory continues until 8:00 tonight. now we will see it around the i-95 corridor and continuinh thro and then will be dropped and most likely will be picked up through the day and it will be hotter out there as well. no rain to speak of. the only exception down here towards page county. showers rumbling through portions of shenandoah county and areas towards the place we all love, went there in sixth great. 78 at the bus stop and speakin of t kid. 88 degrees at recess and 59 by the time you're picking up the 59 with a heat index of 105. that's why i think another heat
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advisory is in effect and the heat sticks around. thursday a high of 92eges and the heat index close to 100 and a little bit coole especially on when we get the front coming through.ig best chance now is looking after 4:00. just shoys lik on friday with the 83-degree temperature. a big temperature drop friday and saturday. a lot of cloud cover and even at the beaches we'll see some sun late saturday a a chance of storms all the way through the first week of september, and we getack into the 90s, guys, another heat wave but not like this one. >> thanks, doug. next at6:30, a local family reflects on the legacy of john mccain, how the late senator helped comfort them in their darkest hour. >> a thick binder with 6 up pages of texts between anighth grade girl and her former teacher. that's just some of the evidencs t today in the trial of a former fairfax county teacher of the yeat. he alleged victim had to say about what happened and what
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heromised to give h as a graduation gift. >> and a fresh ftart tonightor a local hig school once named after a confederate general. why students
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him down as he helped children near lafayette elementary school. a witness says the driver also areatened people the nearby broad branch market saying he should, quote, shoot them up. police had extra officerst the school today. >> the second time in two days r metrl car took passengers on the wrong line tthe wrong destination. today briders on t-- today rides on the franconia line wound up the silverline. they are working now to address a signal issue. >> ea sports has turned off its madden video game conference planned for this weekend. it was parf a larger gaming convention called the rest of the convention will go on as plan. they cancelled several events in the wake of the shooting in jacksonville, orida, that left two people dead. the company says it's
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re-evaluating i safety protocol. >> now to graphic testimony in r x county courtroom from a teenaged girl. >> she says her eighth grade teacher molested her several times. he's already given up his teaching license but now he's facing criminal charges. >> buru chief julie carey joins us live as prosecutors roduced physical casence to back up their >> julie, well, doreen, it's physical evidence that wil help them speak volumes. alack binder filled with pages of text messages. inside the shop classroom at langston hughes middle school ande insid its storage closet, that's where the sexual activity took place near the end oeathe school back in 2014. on the witness stand today the alleged victim now 18. says at the time she viewed her relationship with her former shop teacher at
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boyfriend/girlfriend. timothy threlkeld was once a voertional tea of the year. visibly uncomfortable the teen answered questions about how the intimate contan, be first with kiss and did he ever touch any of your private areas? yes, she respond, my breasts, vagina and butt, and in that shop room closet she testified threlkeld also made her touch him, and she tol jurors threlkeld once remarked about what would happen when she was older. he said that as a graduation gift he would tak my virginity away. the improper relationship was discovered tn june of 14 when the alleged victim's older sister caught her with threlkeld at the reston town center. police and schooling officials were alerted and the girl told them then that the two had just kissed. reveal t year did she what happened in the clothes. on cross-examinat nthrelkeld's attorney said the teen
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fantasized about her teacher pointing out page and a half message the girl wrote in her year book admitting the crush and the defense attorney said the closet d was muchferent than the photos showed packed with boxes in 2014. q shestions whether two people could even fit in the space. now tomorrow we should learn whether that former teacher decides to testify in his own defense. today was his 42nd birthday. this week the alleged victim should have been starting freshman classes at a virginia instead she's here testifying. back here in e studio. >> all right. julie carey, julie, thank you. the case of a once promineno geor rabbi convicted of secretly videotaping women during a jewish ritual bath is back in the headlines. today ase pro settlement of a liass action lawsuit totaling more than $14 m would award those women at least $25,00 each. now the settlement iouolves fr religious institutions
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affiliated with rabbi barry frondel. he was arrested back in 20 after finding a recording device in washington national's capital mikva. the man was sen stepped to six asars in prison. a judgeet to approve that settlement. >> senator john mccain was respected by his peers but also by the familiesf the men and women who died serving our country. tonight the mother of a fallen sailor who was killed on the "uss mccn" describesow his kindness helped her heal. he's news 4's meagan tz figerald. >> someone is giving me that strength. every morning i get up because i know he would want me to get up. >>eporter: for the last year rachel eccles has been inspired to le her lifeecause of the way her son lived his. timothy eccles was on board "uss mccain" when it collided with aerchant vessel on august 21st killing tenairs.
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timothy was one of them. in the weeks and months following the crash there were t so many qns as to why and how this happened. at the forefront of the fight. he was a true crusader for the men, the men and women in th military. >> senator john mccain. >> he wanted to know what ihappened. wh causing the u.s. navy to have all of these >>llisions? senator mccain took the time to meet with parents of the fallen sailor. >> it was a humbling experience for a person that could relate on so many levels, on so many levels. he liter aly satoss from me, and he choked back the >> this crash was perm. >> and he just showed me pictures of "arizona," the ship that he and his father was on, "the u mccain" named in honor of john mccain, his father and grand father,ll american
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heroes. it was the same destroyer that rachel toured on the anniversary dof her son'sth and she and her daughter flew to japan for a memorial service where the ten heros were honored onceor. >> ititerally brought peace. peace just came over us. >> reporter: rachel learned that senator mccain passed away when she returned home from japan. she was saten but also comforted in knowing that her son is in a better place alongside anoth great american hero. >> those ten sailors are in theo ground next to the "mccain" and they will always be honored and awill be recognized. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> what an impact john mccain made. rachel says t plaquend mural honoring the ten fallen sailors will be permanently on display inside the ss mccain." >> when we come back at 6:00 tonight, thousand of f fansm far and wide pay their respects to the queen of soul. we'll take you inside the tribute for aretha franklin.
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>> plus a young girl with a heart of gold. promising news after the visit from the drake and why she thinks the rapper may be her good luck charm. >> adoug? i'm continuing to tract heat across our area. another hea wave continuing across our region. >> 103 annapolis and 109 antico and tomorrow just as t ifho
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>>an tho of fans are saying their final good-byes todayfo the queen soul. aretha franklin, of course, dying earlier this month ofre paic cancer at the age of 76. her body will lie in repos in detroit today and tomorrow. n a look now atne those who td out to pay tribute. >> i knew i hadet to g here? flitting tribute to the life and legacy of the queen of soul. thousands of lined the stree of downtown detroit for a glimpse of the golden casket
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carryi music royalty. >> just goes to show you how many of a humanitarian s really was. not just a singer, but she cared for the people and so the people are here just to say thank you. >> reporter: angel havris eled two and a half days by train to detroit the chance to pay her final respects to the one and only aretha franklin. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: inside the charles hnchlgt wright museum of african-american history franklin lying in repose dressed in a crimson dress and shoes to signify her membership in the dea sigma thetaorority. her gospel recordings being played where her iconic career began. >> she came up through the church. she became a world class star, and then she still always remembered her roots. >> reporter: she's been putting her love into people for more than 60 years and this is
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result. ♪ r-e-s-p-e-c-t >> a talent second to none who lost her battle were pancreatic cancer on august 16t >> when she sang a song. >> sang ng. >> it touched you. >> reporter: that meaning to be ated with aretha franklin's place in history. i love that. >> it's her city. >> and i love the frilly red cross. >> so her. >> certainly was. . >> sophia sanchez had two birthdaywishes, a visit from the musician drake and a new heart. tonight both risches have been fulfilled. sanchez just turned 11. she lived in suburban chicago and drake surprised her in the hospital last week. they hit it off and the canadian rapper gave sanchez his autograph and she gave him hers. earlier this summer she was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a condition that often leads to heart failure.
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sanchez' second wish, well, that was granted yesterday. a heart became available and she had a transplant. her surgeon says the nine-hour procedure went well and in his words the heart seemed happy in its new home >> bo does she look happy there or what? >> doesn't she. >> toave both things happening just in the coursef a few days. >> coming cup, a new beginning today for a local high school but not everybody agrees on the name change. we'll have both sides of this passionate debate. e the heat w conditions. w hot it's goingho [music playing] at havertys we know it's hard to get a good night's sleep.
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tonight students and
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teachers in ourge b school districts starting the year with big changes from school nam to security measures. here's ourcu reporter david er who has the story. >> let's go, justice. >> reporter: walking through an aisle lined by school spirit these fairfaxounty students embarking on a new school year in a familiar building with a different name. >> started at jeb stewart high scoeol. what the it feel now to be walking into justice high school? >> it feels great. i like it. it feels new. >> reporter: this trio of seniors going to be among the first to graduate from justice high school. you have older siblings. >> graduated with jeb stewart and i'm first to graduate with justice. >> how is that going to be? >> i don't know. >> it's weird. >> reporter: after several meetings and passionate debate from both sides, the school board voted last fall to changet the name justice high school, replacing jeb stewart and cutting ties with the anfederate past.
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>> this is highly diverse school and so to have it have name that's inclusive is important. >> reporter: while there is a lot of excitement built up around the new name of the , schoome say are going to take some time to get used, to so time to adjust. >> going to live with the change now and that's what >> reporter: what do you think of the name justice? do you embrace it? >> kind of have to. >> the superintendent dr. scott brayband focthing on changes this year. school security and mental health counseling. >> we've enhanced our door lock syems and increased the amount of training and we really created additionalocial emotional supports. >> reporter: a school comnity adapting to the present dangers while also educang students unity new name hoping will sprout from a divided past. >> let's go justice. >> we're going to -- we're going
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to have school spirit no matter what. >> reporter: in falls church, d virginiaid culver, news 4. a growing number of students in northern virginia are getting more time on the playground. a new state law allows for two rece periods a day. the fairfax, loudoun county and stafford county schools are all taking advantage of it. the judge change after a push by several local parents in uchmond. the exercise a structured activity benefitted a student's health and learning. you want to be doing that ithe gym today boy though with ac. >> got to grease that or at least water down that slide. >> for sure. >> that could be a pro wem. >> i just thinking there's not acreen o that playground. love seeing that. >> hot d today. on the hot side and humidity way up there. heat index way over 100 degrees. upwards of so 5 and even is 10
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in some locations. if you're out and about you felt utit. how abolong the mall. just a nasty day to walk out there for sure and getting the sweat away and having a little bitat of w and, hey, why not take an umbrella with you. i like this guy though. he found a great place to be. iuarantee that sprinkler was not going to be on that time. that's fine with us. it helps out a lot. out there right now and still on the hot side and 91. plenty of sunshine and winds out of south ater nine miles hour. looking towards the rest of the area, still in the 90s evsbywhere. 91 lg and back in the 80s t.wards the w more clouds and shower activity and 92 degrees right nown fredericksburg. that's not the whole story. this is the whole story. 102 gaithersburg and 104 manassas and quantico at 109. that's the current heat index as theemperatures cool a little bit. dew points actually come up a have thehat's why we higher heat indices in quantico and towards the pawtuxit river.
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you walkoutside and feel the air hit you it's so thick out there. we saw a couple of showers back towards shenandoah county. those have all sincedissipated e continue to do so much. the area of high pressure still dominating and that's whye' got a big heat ridge and look at the numbers from jackson, mississippi. 93 all the way up to 94 degrees and even boston up around the low 90s a chicago 91 so this heat sticks here for the next couple of days. it stays tomorrow and then on thursday we see a storm come our way. it's a cold front and we need one to bust the heat and cou see rather stormy conditions on thursday. maybe stronger storms. lhowever, lookinge a better chance of severe weather and today not quite as strong, but, still, aouple of isolated storms can't be ruled out at all. now, tomorrow no storm just hot. 78 degrees on the bus stop and 88 for recess. heat index at 95. that's at recess, and you're
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talking been 11:00, 100. 95 degrey the time we're picking up the kids with a heat index over so 5 again. again, a little bit hotter anda why we have another heat advisory in effect tomorrow. also a weather alert. hot temperatures continue on 92. 83 on t friday andn 84 on saturday. now, friday, some showers andth not much i way of thunderstorm chances and clouds and highs only in the low 80s and dropped by so degrees. i'll be down thereriday for ocean city and for labor day weekend, temperatures in the low 80s bond chance of clouds on saturday and a lot of sun i think on labor day. looking t okay. wateperature up to 77 degrees. that is nice and monday, tuesday and wednesday of next weekend. a chae of showers and storms again and still on the hot and humid side. >> doreen and i are calling for an ocean city washout just for
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friday. >> i'm in,'m in. >> i taking the beach umbrella and i'll walk along with that. >> thank you, doug. come up,she redsk getting ready to face against an old friend. what robert griffin iii has to say about the the game. that's next. >> and heregu savannarie with a look at what's ahead on the "nightly news." >> an ex-police officer firing into a
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countdown to football in the battle of the beltway. >> can you believe this this week is the fourth preseason game. 37 guys on the redskins roster are playing for their job. t thursday will final chance for those guys to show that they belong on the redskins nal roster. so jay gruden will have some decisions to make saturday at 4:00 p.m. the team must trim their roster
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from 90 to53 players. thursday the final chance for bubble guys t make their chance on the team andt's a crowded wide receiver room with rookies treyam quinn and simms among two of the. preseason bright spots but the guys on the bubble, they are not sweating it. >> the i want to stay asas relad possible. listened to a lot of calm music before the games and relax myself and keepyind clear. just go out there and play the ort've always played. >> the it's ayo business. u know, we just -- we just beat among each o and have fun. >> what do nu think youd to show the coaches in the last final push? >> a lot more. >> all i can say is keep doing what i've been doing and make more plays and make bigger plays. >> tried not to jump to any conclusion too soon because somebody is going to show up or not show upn the last game and could make a very big difference. won't tell the whole storyut b it has a lot ofn impacte
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final say. >> well, llo, it's me. i was wondering if after all these years you would like to meet. kind words from adele, something maybe rg3 might be singing right about now. robert griffin iii signed with the ravens back in april and will face the redskins for the first time in his career. rg3 has showed flashes of whatd him the 2012 rookie of the year as far as facing offhe against tirding and gold. o 's not thinking ch about it. >> i've got nothing but love from the washington redskins and the organization. they drafted12 me. 20, gave me an opportunity to play the game and so i really have that sof i get that opportunity out thereto to play against them, it won't be any more special or less special, but i'll always know where i started and just looking to continue to go from there. >> you can watch rg3 and the ravens host the redskins thursday night right here on nbc
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4. kickoff at we have you covered after with our redskins post-game rept followed by "news 4 at 11:00." the university of maryland kicks off a new year this saturday with mixed emotion. the terps practicing in college park getting ready for their ener at fedex field against the texas longhorns, a top 25te and interim head coach matt canada says he's not made a decision on starting quarterbacks and won reveal if it's kasim hill or typegrum. interim coach canada had this to say. >> we're working on it, right here right now, best i can be right here night. everything behind me is behind
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me and we talk about it probably daily as a t im and couldn't be prouder as the way they are working at. it all hadem grieving ps and we're trying to help each other out and everything they have dealt with, they have done the best job they can possibly do. i think we're as red we can be given the situation that we're in. h>> finally we can'tp ourselves when it comes to nfl stadium food. this lovely creation is making its debut as lambeau field in green bay.'s brat in a blankette, a brat wrapped in fried cheese kurds on a breathsel roll withla liide of beer mustard so all you need is just little football. that just warms my heart so much. >> what can i say? >> sounds p gttyd actually.
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>> i'd try it. >> i've never heard that. >>okay. >> learn something new every day.
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